Sewing

This study concerns the extensive subcontracting network of apparel assembly and home work that has expanded in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip over the past thirty years. Of concern is how the power disparities in terms of nation and gender have shaped the spatial organization…

This thesis examines the textile work and related fashion ephemera and attitudes of rural women in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. It considers rural women from the 1920s through the 1950s and examines their lives and their relationship with textiles and…

The use of material culture in research can often be advantageous over other primary sources. It can open up new modes of historical interpretations and understanding that written works may never reveal. As a result, this thesis will rely upon the use of material culture methodo…